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Data needs context – Context drives information
Don’t let others bamboozle you with technical phrases such as ‘API’. An API is a means of connecting the data source which is hidden from your view in the background to the software application you interact with and view on your screen.
Please explain how an API could help me
Don’t let others bamboozle you with technical phrases such as ‘API’. An API is a means of connecting the data source which is hidden from your view in the background to the software application you interact with and view on your screen.
Which type of search might you perform? Searching for …
You are creating a digital product. What type of searches might you or your user be looking to perform?
Have you checked your work?
Sense check your work before handing over the data based product to the user. This can make for better user adoption and more trust in the contents of the product.
Automatic Identification System (AIS) data – let’s track vessels!
Ahoy there! Did you know that you can track the location of vessels? All you need is the AIS data transmitted by the vessel. AIS data provides a wealth of information including current location, course, and speed all of which can all be used to make waves in the field of data analytics.
Why don’t we have more diversity in coders?
Why are we not seeing more people learning to write code and working in this field. We need people of all ages, sexes, cultures to code – we need diversity.
Hackathon – Plotting Shipwrecks Off The Coast of Scotland
Over 23,000 ships have been wrecked off the coast of Scotland. I was astounded when I discovered that figure as it’s far higher than I would have guessed. I quickly went from being astonished to being quite sombre thinking about how many lives would have been lost at sea. Why am I telling you this? Well …..
Using Wikimedia Commons Artwork in a Power BI report
#worldbookday2022 Discovered last month that some illustrations for The Frog Prince, a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, are held by Aberdeen Archives, Museums and Galleries (AAGM). I came across the artwork whilst taking part in a wiki editathon. Couldn’t resist giving The Frog Prince it’s own page (page 3) in this very draft report - https://lnkd.in/eRa97d4S
Waste Wizards team at Code the City hackathon
At CTC Hackathon in November 2021 the Waste Wizards team gathered to help plot Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) and their facilities on Open Waste Map through updating Open Street Map.
Scottish Open Data Unconference October 2021 How do we demonstrate the value of open data?
Question: How do we demonstrate the value of open data?
Response: Create some noise!
Open Data – Encouraging case studies in Scotland
How are Scottish companies and organisations using open data? What data originating in Scotland has been made open to the world. Those were the questions posed at 2020 Scottish Open Data Unconference